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Category Archives: Agricultural Policy
OSA Board Member to Join NOSB
OSA is happy to announce the recent appointment of Zea Sonnabend to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). Zea is the Policy Specialist and Organic Inspector Specialist for CCOF, an organic certifier based in California. She has served on the … Continue reading
Patently Wrong
In this interview, medical ethicist Harriet Washington describes the extent to which medical researchers use (and abuse) the patent system. She just published a book titled: Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself — And the Consequences for Your … Continue reading
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TAKE ACTION: Organic Certification Cost Share at Risk
Believe it or not, Congress is in the process of writing the Farm Bill. Given the intense budget-cutting pressures facing Congress, funding for many important organic programs is in jeopardy. One program that is particularly vulnerable is the Organic Certification Cost Share … Continue reading
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OSA Delivers Comments to USDA on Organic Seed
OSA provided the following comments at a USDA listening session today focused on the agency’s priorities and activities related to organic production and markets. Our comments focused on the need to adequately fund public plant breeding programs, with an emphasis … Continue reading
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Investing in Organic Plant Breeding for a Secure Food Future
In the Fall 2011 issue of Edible Madison, Melissa Hughes with Organic Valley discusses the illusive promise of GE technologies in her piece Searching for the Silver Bullet. The piece is well written, and highlights the need to look beyond … Continue reading
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USDA Wants to Know: How Can It Support Organic?
USDA is convening a public listening session on September 20, 2011, in Washington, DC, to gather input on the department’s activities and priorities related to organic agriculture. To provide comments in person, reserve your spot by registering here. Email written … Continue reading
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The President and Seed
Cross-posted from Daily Yonder Last week President Obama held a town hall meeting on the grounds of Iowa’s Seed Savers Exchange, an organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds. The stop was part of a larger strategy to appeal … Continue reading
Eight Ways the NOP Can Support Organic Seed Systems
OSA submitted comments today to the National Organic Program (NOP) in response to its “Draft Guidance: Seeds, Annual Seedlings, and Planting Stock in Organic Crop Production” (June 13, 2011). After carefully reviewing this much anticipated document, we believe the NOP … Continue reading
OSA’s Role in Building Organic Seed Systems
Cross-posted from Seedstock.com According to a 2010 nationwide survey conducted by the Organic Seed Alliance (OSA), organic farmers are faced with a seed market that neither possesses sufficient available quantities of certified organic seed to meet demand nor the specific varieties … Continue reading
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Time for USDA to Support Public Plant Breeding
The National Organic Coalition recently released an analysis of the state of classical plant breeding and past efforts to improve funding for this fundamental sector of agricultural research. The report’s summary states that despite a clear mandate from Congress and … Continue reading
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